on top of that, as you know very well, i mean, you're the all-time expert on "celebrity apprentice," nbc would be calling me on an hourly basis saying, you know, here, take whatever you want, i mean, the show, as you know, has been a tremendous success. we had a great season this year again. they wanted me to do it. so i did that. and now we'll see what happens. but i very much have an eye on -- if they pick the wrong candidate and they very well might do it, i have my eyes wide open. >> and that would seem to me donald to be saying quite clearly if you don't like what the republicans do in terms of their nominee, you might be very seriously tempted to stand and run as an independent. >> and to add to that, i think the answer would be yes and also i'd have to see the economy doing very poorly, which it has a very good chance of doing. if the economy is doing poorly, and if the republicans pick a stiff, and they very well might, i would absolutely have my eye open. not that i want to do it. because i love what i'm doing. i do it really well. and i love what i'm doing. but if those two cir